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Associations, Societies and Institutes

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American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law

http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/home.html



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American Intellectual Property Law Association

http://www.aipla.org/
(Numerous links to IP materials, including copies of WIPO Copright Treaties, adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on December 20, 1996. Links to government sites as well as AIPLA membership information)

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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

http://www.ascap.com/

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Australasian Legal Information Institute

http://www.austlii.edu.au/

(Australian cases, legislation, legal materials, etc.)

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Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, U.K.

http://www.alcs.co.uk

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IPO Intellectual Property Owners Association
(An association serving owners of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets)

http://www.ipo.org
(Daily news, legislative actions, calendars, etc.)

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/cpyright.htm
(Copyright and Intellectual Property resources. International instruments, articles, copyright acts of several countries).

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International Trademark Association

http://www.inta.org
(Copyright and Intellectual Property resources. International instruments, articles, copyright acts of several countries).

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Software Patent Institute

http://www.spi.org/
(A nonprofit corporation formed to provide courses and prior art about software technology to help imprive the patent process)

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The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA)

http://www.cipa.org.uk/cipa/

(Brief overview of U.K.law as it applies to patent, trademarks, designs and copyrights)

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The Copyright Society of the USA

http://www.csusa.org,
http://law.duke.edu/copyright/html/research/research.htm

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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

http://www.wipo.org/

Europe
Treaties
The Amsterdam Treaty

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Court of the European Communities

http://europa.eu.int/cj/en/index.htm (Includes recent case law in full, proceedings of the Court)

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Directorate-General

http://europa.eu/int/en/comm/dgserv.html
(Summary of document)

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EC Directive Relating to Harmonization of Term of Copyright Protection

http://www.mcps.co.uk/directiv.html
(Summary of document)

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Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks, Models and Designs)(OHIM)

http://europa.eu.int/agencies/ohim/ohim.htm
(The Office will enable industrial and commercial enterprisesto obtain uniform protection of trade marks for their goods and services throughout the Union)

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U.K. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988

http://

Summary of Act and other information, go to http://www.mcps.co.uk/copyrigh

Government Offices and Registries

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Canadian Intellectual Property Office

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom_e.html
(Canadian Intellectual Property Office [CIPO]. Responsible for the administration and procession of the greater part of Intellectual Property in Canada. CIPO areas of activities include: Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and Integrated Circuit Topographies. Gateway to patent offices in other countries).

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European Patent Office

http://www.epo.co.at/epo/

(The EPO's task is to grant European patents using a unitary and centralized procedure. The page contains patent databases, registration procedures, news and other information).

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European Union -- Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks, Models and Designs)

http://oami.eu.int/ (The Office will enable industrial and commercial enterprises to obtain uniform protection of trade marks for their goods and services throughout the Union)

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United Kingdom

http://www.patent.gov.uk/



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United States Copyright Office

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
(searching registrations have to be performed through telnet).

Circulars can be found at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov:80/
http://www.uspto.gov:80/web/menu/menu5.html
(US & International legal materials)
(Page contains a browser for searching registrations)

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
ftp://ftp.uspto.gov/pub/tmep/

(An "html" version of the TMEP can be found at
http://www.bitlaw.com/source/tmep/index.html )






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International IP Conventions,
Laws and Treaties
The Copyright Society of the USA
http://law.duke.edu/copyright/html/research/research.htm (Copyright resources around the world)

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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Text 1971) --
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms --
http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts/BH588.txt

GATT 1994 -- http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gatt_e/gatt_e.htm

Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -- (TRIPs)


Universal Copyright Convention --


WIPO Copyright Treaties

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Other Resources

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Copyright resources

http://www.copyright.com/copyright_resources/res_pages.html

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Cornell Law School (LII)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topical.html

(Topical index includes intellectual property)

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Findlaw (CyberSpace Law Center: Intellectual Property Resources)

http://cybersquirrel.com/clc/ip.html

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Franklin Pierce Law Center

http://www.fplc.edu/ (Contains intellectualproperty resources)

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General Resources Concerning International Trademarks

http://www.law.gwu.edu/lc/internic/international/resource.html

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Hieros Gamos

http://www.hg.org/intell.html

(Guide to intellectual property laws worldwide, and IP resources)

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Indiana University School of Law

http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/intellect.html

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International Trade Law (Ralph Amissah, University of Tromso)

http://ananse.irv.uit.no/trade_law/nav/trade.html
(Extensive index to trade related matters, treaties, intellectual property protection)

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Legal Advisory Board (European Union)

http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/ipr.html
(European Union, including intellectual property issues in member states)

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Stanford University

http://fairuse.stanford.edu

(Copyright, fair use, selection of judicial opinions among many other references)

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Tasmania, Univ. of

http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/comlaw/law/media/index_of_sites.html

(Mega index for media law. Links to sites in Australia and around the world on such subjects as broadcasting, defamation and multimedia).

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University of Georgia, Law Library (Internet Legal Resources)

http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/legalwww/intellec.html
(Useful collection of sites in all areas of Intellectual Property)

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United States Information Agency

http://www.usia.gov/topical/global/ip/ipr/htm

(Government policy with regard in the protection of intellectual property. "The protection of intellectual property rights is an essential element of .U.S. economic policy." The page contains links to relevant texts, articles on IP rights issues, international organizations and university sites).

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Proprietary & Company Databases & Public Resources

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Access-Intellectual Property Law (W3 Lawyer, Inc.)

http://www.intelproplaw.com/

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BNA

http://www.bna.com/e-law/libindex.html (BNA's Electronic Information provides a selection of cases in various subject areas including intellectual property)

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IBM

http://patent.womplex.ibm.com (free access for patent descriptions from January 5, 1971 and ten years of images)

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Questel Orbit Inc.

http://www.qpat.com (subscription)

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Thomson & Thomson

http://www.thomson-thomson.com (subscription)

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U.S. Laws, Manuals, Supreme Court Decisions

Pending copyright legislation -- http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/penleg.html 

Cases in the News, Go To IPSubject

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BNA

http://www.bna.com/e-law/libindex.html (BNA's Electronic Information provides a selection of decisions, complaints, correspondence etc. in various subject areas including intellectual property)

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Circular 38b - Highlights of Copyright Amendments
contained in the URAA)

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ38b
(Uraguay Round Agreement Act)

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Copyright Act, as amended

http://law.house.gov/16.htm
(Copyright Act of 1976 in U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

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Copyright Decisions Supreme Court (Since May 1990)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/syllabi?copyright

IP Decisions -- http://law.cornell.edu/syllabi?copyright+patent+trademark

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Patent Act, as amended

http://law.cornell.edu:80/usc/35i_iv/overview.html

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

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Patent Decisions Supreme Court (Recent)

http://law.cornell.edu/syllabi?patent

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Pending Copyright Legislation in the 105th Congress through Copyright Office

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/cpywel.html#new
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/penleg.html

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Title 37 Code of federal regulations

http://law.house.gov/16.htm
(Trademark Act of 1946, Lanham Act) in U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

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Trademark Act

http://law.house.gov/16.htm
(Trademark Act of 1946, Lanham Act) in U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

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Trademark Decisions Supreme Court (Recent)

http://law.cornell.edu/syllabi?trademark

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TRIPs Amendments to Copyright Law (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights http://itl.irv.no/trade_law/documents/freetrade/wta-94/art/iia1c.html

gopher://hamilton1.house.gov:70/11d%3a/uscode/title17/sect01

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U.S. and States v. The Thomson Corporation and West Publishing Company (Civ No. 96-1415 [PLF])

http://www.ljx.com/nylj/links/96-1415b.html
(Decision filed February 1997, revising prior judgment regarding anticompetititve effects of the merger of West Publishing Company with The Thomson Corporation)



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